What are you looking for? Search Common searches: Departments, Hospitalisation, Professionals, Outpatient clinics, Health advice, Accreditations, Diseases, Diagnostic tests, Treatments, The birth of a child, Emergency, Visiting patients, Fulltext search Tipus de contingut Services and units Professionals Pathologies Health advices Health and wellness Diagnostic tests Treatments News Activities Centers - Any - Search News Vall d'Hebron tests a new system that allows people with reduced mobility to control electronic devices with their mouths MouthX, developed by the company Aurax, allows people with reduced mobility in the upper extremities to have access to essential digital tools for communication, work and leisure, with the aim of improving their independence and emotional well-being. The COVID-19 pandemic put Vall d’Hebron to the test The arrival of COVID-19 in early 2020 triggered an unprecedented health crisis, which was met by the professionals at Vall d’Hebron with a response that matched the challenge. The inauguration of the Children’s Hospital provided a dedicated centre for paediatric care The Children’s Hospital began operations in 1966 (at the same time as the Maternity Clinic) under the directorship of Dr Ángel Ballabriga, a highly renowned paediatrician. The centre had state-of-the-art facilities for the time and quickly gained significant prestige. The inauguration of the Traumatology Hospital increased the centre’s healthcare capacity On 13 June 1966, the Rehabilitation and Traumatology Centre was inaugurated, specialising in care for patients with spinal cord injury and cerebral palsy. It grew in importance due to the rise in traffic and workplace accidents typical of the period of development. The hospital would later be ren The first nurses arrive at the new hospital By the time of the Hospital’s inauguration, nursing had not yet become a formal profession. Nurses had diverse educational and training backgrounds, poorly defined functions, and were always subordinated to doctors. News Vall d'Hebron is committed to a more digital, collaborative and inclusive future in paediatric clinical trials The BRIDGE project introduces a new approach that combines digital and face-to-face methods to facilitate the participation of more children in clinical trials and improve access to innovative therapies. The Maternity Clinic handled around 80 births per day during the peak of the baby boom The opening of the Maternity Clinic in 1966 marked a significant turning point. Together with the Children’s Hospital, it became part of a network of healthcare centres serving Social Security beneficiaries across Barcelona and the surrounding province. A first step in the professionalisation of nursing The inauguration of the School of Nursing marked a first step toward the professionalisation of this field of work. It helped to shape a more modern perspective of the nursing profession and ensured that all nurses acquired knowledge they had not all previously possessed. The development of internal medicine leads to the emergence of specialised fields The structuring of internal medicine and the expansion of medical specialities continued throughout the 1970s and 1980s under Dr Joaquín Tornos, director of the Internal Medicine Department at the hospital. Towards the end of the 1960s, the first steps were being taken towards the hierarchisation of Internal Medicine The hierarchisation of Internal Medicine was set into motion by Dr Agustí Pedro Pons, who at the time represented the country’s modern internal medicine. His arrival was to mark a before and after for the Hospital, as it was to lead to a complete transformation of the medical organisation chart. Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 242 Next page ››